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Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Small Businesses: Apprentices (15 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) is available until the end of the 2016/17 academic year to businesses with fewer than 50 employees, who have not employed an apprentice in the last 12 months. Eligible employers can receive a £1,500 grant per apprentice (aged 16 to 24) for up to five new apprentices undertaking an apprenticeship framework. Further details on how small businesses...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Skilled Workers: North East (15 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: In the context of needing to make savings in non-participation budgets to allow the core adult skills participation budgets to be protected in cash terms, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has consulted the Devolved Administrations and other users of labour market information on future research priorities. Following these discussions, we have identified the...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Vocational Education: Tees Valley (15 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Holding answer received on 13 June 2016 Lord Heseltine’s report recommends that, following the Tees Valley Post-16 Area Review, universities and local employers should consider whether technical based education provision in the form of either a University Technical College (UTC) or Institute of Technology (IoT) may help to address skill gaps and contribute to meeting the future...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Unemployment: Young People (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Young and unemployed people are prioritised in the skills funding system through entitlements to free training, as well as specific programmes and initiatives, such as Traineeships and the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers. The Adult Education Budget is not ring-fenced for any provision and providers have the freedom and flexibility to put on provision to meet the needs of learners and local...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Statistical data on apprenticeships broken down by part-time/full-time hours is not available. Apprenticeships are full-time jobs; therefore an apprentice should work at least 30 hours per week. In exceptional circumstances, such as where the apprentice has caring responsibilities, a minimum of 16 hours per week may be agreed between the apprentice and the employer. In circumstances where the...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Qualifications: Lancashire (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: In 2015, it is estimated that 32,900 people aged 16-64 living in Burnley held qualifications at level 2 or above. In 2015, it is estimated that 523,300 people aged 16-64 living in Lancashire held qualifications at level 2 or above. These estimates use the Annual Population Survey (APS) which could potentially underestimate overall levels of attainment at level 2 or above. The Department...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Mergers (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: The Government’s policy is to facilitate a review of post 16 education and training, with each area establishing the best structures to offer high quality provision to meet the current and future needs of all learners and employers within the local area; this may or may not involve institutions merging. We have discussed and agreed with a wide range of stakeholders an approach to ensuring...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Social Security Benefits: Adoption (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Society benefits from parents being able to take time off work to care for their children whilst remaining in employment. Employed adopters have a statutory entitlement to Adoption Leave and Pay (subject to eligibility requirements) on the basis that individual employers would otherwise not offer socially optimal levels of leave and pay. However, self-employed adopters can decide how much...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices: Disability (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: An error has been identified in the written answer given on 09 June 2016. The correct answer should have been: Ensuring that apprentices have transferable skills and can progress their career will all help encourage people to complete their apprenticeship. We encourage the use of a range of available reasonable adjustments so during their learning and at assessment, apprentices...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices: Disability (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Ensuring that apprentices have transferable skills and can progress their career will all help encourage people to complete their apprenticeship. We encourage the use of a range of available reasonable adjustments so during their learning and at assessment, apprentices with disabilities can demonstrate what they know and can do. Reasonable adjustments include access arrangements such as...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Cars: Hire Services (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Holding answer received on 13 June 2016 There is already consumer protection legislation in place that protects consumers when dealing with traders, including car hire firms. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) prohibit traders from engaging in unfair commercial practices, such as providing false or deceptive information or descriptions to consumers...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Holding answer received on 13 June 2016 My officials have been engaging employers throughout the policy development to gain their insight and advice. As part of the formal consultation last year, over 700 responses were received from employers. Opinions were evenly split as to whether levy funding should only be used to pay for the direct costs of apprenticeship training and...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Holding answer received on 13 June 2016 The Institute for Apprenticeships will advise on funding rates for all newly developed apprenticeships and, where appropriate, the funding rate for standards and assessment plans when they are reviewed.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Holding answer received on 13 June 2016 Provisional funding bands will be published in June 2016, and finalised in October 2016. The Institute for Apprenticeships will play a role in reviewing them once it is operational. The frequency of this will be agreed at that point.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Employment: Telephone Services (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Holding answer received on 13 June 2016 The table below shows the number of referrals (complaints) from the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH) to relevant enforcement authorities for the 2014/15 financial year. Table 1: Referrals from the PWRH to each enforcement agencies, 2014/15 2014/15 HMRC 3,510 EAS 800 HSE 260 DEFRA 90 GLA 50 Notes 1. Numbers are...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices: Tees Valley (14 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Statistical data broken down by region on (a) apprentices working full-time for the employer with which they trained or (b) were subsequently unemployed, is not available. Latest Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2016 data show that 9 out of 10 of all recent apprenticeship completers were in employment 12-20 months after completion. And 72% of those in employment were with the same...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Unemployment: Young People (13 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Third sector providers and local authority adult education services access the Adult Education Budget as prime and sub-contractors, using the funding for training which helps young people who are not in education, employment or training prepare for work, amongst other objectives. They also compete to run local European Social Fund programmes; many of these programmes focus on helping young...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Unemployment: Young People ( 9 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Third sector providers and local authority adult education services access the Adult Education Budget as prime and sub-contractors, using the funding for training which helps young people who are not in education, employment or training prepare for work, amongst other objectives. They also compete to run local European Social Fund programmes; many of these programmes focus on helping young...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices: Travel ( 9 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Apprenticeships are full time paid jobs which include substantial and sustained training, lasting a minimum of 12 months. There is no central public funded support available towards travel costs for apprentices, but some Local Authorities do offer discounts or concessions for young people on apprenticeships, as they do for those in other forms of learning.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices ( 9 Jun 2016)

Nicholas Boles: Apprenticeships are full-time jobs; therefore an apprentice should work at least 30 hours per week. In exceptional circumstances, such as where the apprentice has caring responsibilities, a minimum of 16 hours per week may be agreed between the apprentice and the employer. In circumstances where the apprentice works fewer than 30 hours per week, the duration of the apprenticeship must be...


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